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(1)

English

(1) For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “permanent establishment” means a fixed place of business through which the business of an enterprise is wholly or partly carried on.

Français

(1) Au sens du présent Accord, l’expres- sion «établissement stable» désigne une installation fixe d’affaires par l’intermédiaire de laquelle une entreprise exerce tout ou partie de son activité.

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(2)

English

(2) The term “permanent establishment” includes especially: a) a place of management; b) a branch; c) an office; d) a factory; e) a workshop; and f) a mine, an oil or gas well, a quarry or any other place of extraction of natural resources.

Français

(2) L’expression «établissement stable» comprend notamment: a) un siège de direction; b) une succursale; c) un bureau; d) une usine; e) un atelier; et f) une mine, un puits de pétrole ou de gaz, une carrière ou tout autre lieu d’extrac- tion de ressources naturelles.

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(3)

English

(3) A building site or construction or installation project constitutes a permanent establishment only if it lasts more than twelve months.

Français

(3) Un chantier de construction ou de montage ne constitue un établissement stable que si sa durée dépasse douze mois.

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(4)

English

(4) The use of an installation or drilling rig or ship in a Contracting State to explore for or exploit natural resources constitutes a permanent establishment if, but only if, such use is for more than three months in any twelve-month period.

Français

(4) L’utilisation, dans un État contractant, d’une installation ou d’une tour ou d’un navire de forage pour explorer ou exploiter les ressources naturelles constitue un éta- blissement stable si et uniquement si une telle utilisation est pour plus de trois mois au cours de toute période de douze mois.

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(5)

English

(5) Notwithstanding the preceding provi- sions of this Article, the term “permanent establishment” shall be deemed not to include: a) the use of facilities solely for the pur- pose of storage, display or delivery of goods or merchandise belonging to the enterprise; b) the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enter- prise solely for the purpose of storage, display or delivery; c) the maintenance of a stock of goods or merchandise belonging to the enter- prise solely for the purpose of process- ing by another enterprise; d) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the purpose of pur- chasing goods or merchandise or for collecting information, for the enter- prise; e) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for the purpose of car- rying on, for the enterprise, any other activity of a preparatory or auxiliary character; f) the maintenance of a fixed place of business solely for any combination of activities mentioned in subparagraphs (a) to (e) provided that the overall activ- ity of the fixed place of business result- ing from this combination is of a preparatory or auxiliary character.

Français

(5) Nonobstant les dispositions précé- dentes du présent article, on considère qu’il n’y a pas «établissement stable» si: a) il est fait usage d’installations aux seules fins de stockage, d’exposition ou de livraison de marchandises appar- tenant à l’entreprise; b) des marchandises appartenant à l’en- treprise sont entreposées aux seules fins de stockage, d’exposition ou de livraison; c) des marchandises appartenant à l’en- treprise sont entreposées aux seules fins de transformation par une autre entreprise; d) une installation fixe d’affaires est utili- sée aux seules fins d’acheter des mar- chandises ou de réunir des informa- tions pour l’entreprise; e) une installation fixe d’affaires est utilisée aux seules fins d’exercer, pour l’entreprise, toute autre activité de caractère préparatoire ou auxiliaire; f) une installation fixe d’affaires est utili- sée aux seules fins de l’exercice cumu- lé d’activités mentionnées aux alinéas a) à e), à condition que l’activité d’en- semble de l’installation fixe d’affaires résultant de ce cumul garde un caractè- re préparatoire ou auxiliaire.

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(6)

English

(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, where a person – other than an agent of an independent status to whom paragraph 7 applies – is acting on behalf of an enterprise and has, and habitu- ally exercises, in a Contracting State an authority to conclude contracts on behalf of the enterprise, that enterprise shall be deemed to have a permanent establish- ment in that State in respect of any activ- ities which that person undertakes for the enterprise, unless the activities of such per- son are limited to those mentioned in para- graph 5 which, if exercised through a fixed place of business, would not make this fixed place of business a permanent estab- lishment under the provisions of that para- graph.

Français

(6) Nonobstant les dispositions des paragraphes 1 et 2, lorsqu’une personne – autre qu’un agent jouissant d’un statut indépendant auquel s’applique le para- graphe 7 – agit pour le compte d’une entre- prise et dispose dans un État contractant de pouvoirs qu’elle y exerce habituellement lui permettant de conclure des contrats pour le compte de l’entreprise, cette entre- prise est considérée comme ayant un éta- blissement stable dans cet État pour toutes les activités que cette personne exerce pour l’entreprise, à moins que les activités de cette personne ne soient limitées à celles qui sont mentionnées au paragraphe 5 et qui, si elles étaient exercées par l’inter- médiaire d’une installation fixe d’affaires, ne permettraient pas de considérer cette installation comme un établissement stable selon les dispositions de ce paragraphe.

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(7)

English

(7) An enterprise shall not be deemed to have a permanent establishment in a Con- tracting State merely because it carries on business in that State through a broker, general commission agent or any other agent of an independent status, provided that such persons are acting in the ordinary course of their business.

Français

(7) Une entreprise n’est pas considérée comme ayant un établissement stable dans un État contractant du seul fait qu’elle y exerce son activité par l’entremise d’un courtier, d’un commissionnaire général ou de tout autre agent jouissant d’un statut indépendant, à condition que ces per- sonnes agissent dans le cadre ordinaire de leur activité.

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(8)

English

(8) The fact that a company which is a resident of a Contracting State controls or is controlled by a company which is a resi- dent of the other Contracting State, or which carries on business in that other State (whether through a permanent estab- lishment or otherwise), shall not of itself constitute either company a permanent establishment of the other.

Français

(8) Le fait qu’une société qui est un rési- dent d’un État contractant contrôle ou est contrôlée par une société qui est un rési- dent de l’autre État contractant ou qui y exerce son activité (que ce soit par l’inter- médiaire d’un établissement stable ou non) ne suffit pas, en lui-même, à faire de l’une quelconque de ces sociétés un établisse- ment stable de l’autre.

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Source edition
de-canada-2002-base | BGBl. 2002 II S. 670 | signed 2001-04-19 | published 2002-03-27 | Signed: 2001-04-19 | Gazette publication: 2002-03-27
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Citation
BGBl. 2002 II S. 670
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